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authorBruce Momjian2007-04-19 03:07:32 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2007-04-19 03:07:32 +0000
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Stamp releases 8.2.4, 8.1.9, 8.0.13, 7.4.17, 7.3.19.
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
Sun Solaris specific
To be read in conjunction with the installation instructions.
============================================================
-Last updated: $Date: 2007/02/07 03:16:59 $
+Last updated: $Date: 2007/04/19 03:07:22 $
Contents:
@@ -72,14 +72,12 @@ problem. Solaris 9 and above has a newer version of OpenSSL.
This is probably a case of the run-time linker being unable to find
some library, probably libz, libreadline or some other non-standard
library such as libssl. To point it to the right location, set the
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, e.g.,
+LDFLAGS environment variable, e.g.,
- LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/sfw/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:/usr/local/lib
- export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ LDFLAGS="-R /usr/sfw/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:/usr/local/lib"
+ export LDFLAGS
-and restart configure. You will also have to keep this setting whenever
-you run any of the installed PostgreSQL programs. Alternatively, set
-the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH. See the ld(1) man page for more
+and restart configure. See the ld(1) man page for more
information.
@@ -145,6 +143,10 @@ recommendations are also useful on other hardware with Solaris.
Yes, see the chapter "Monitoring Database Activity" in the documentation
for further information.
+You can also find more information here:
+
+ http://blogs.sun.com/robertlor/entry/user_level_dtrace_probes_in
+
If you see the linking of the postgres executable abort with an error
message like
@@ -157,8 +159,9 @@ message like
gmake: *** [postgres] Error 1
your DTrace installation is too old to handle probes in static
-functions. You need Solaris 10u3 or newer.
+functions. You need Solaris 10u4 or newer. Workaround is remove static
+keyword from AbortTransaction and CommitTransaction functions declaration in
+src/backend/access/transam/xact.c.
-You can also find more information here:
-
- http://blogs.sun.com/robertlor/entry/user_level_dtrace_probes_in
+See http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-1-2139224-1
+(registration required).